New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-28
LIVERPOOL ALARMED.
IT'S ALLEGED FAULTS AS A PORT OF AR
RIVAL AND DEPART URE.

TRES AND MUSIC MALLS THE
PRrsENr CENTRE OF SPACE.
Try THE TRIBUNE
Copyright: 1887: Bv The Nep. York Tribune
LONDON. Dee 27-Evcrybody except, perhaps,
ford Salisbury is grateful TO Lord Randolph
Churchill for going to Russia and supplying at
this dull season ineXhaustible fund FOR conJec-
lures. One thing certain is that Lord Randolph
after exchanging visits with NJ. dc Gicrs went yes
terday by invitation to Gatschina and was present
ed to the Gar. Neither the Car nor the English
man has vet told the world what passed.
One account says Lady Randolph Churchill was
with her husband. His organ in London" The
Morning Post" totally d;scredits the notion that
he has any mission political object His enemy,
Mr. Greenwood, Is nevertheless more alarmed than
ever, and expects on Lord Randolph's return
furious outburst of platform Oratory against the
wickedness of the triple alliance.
The story is that Mr. Gladstone, though
locking very we'll. gees abroad by Sir Andrew
Ciarks advice. No details given. but
presume Sir Andrew is DESTROYS TO avoid all risk
% his patients throat from the English climate.
HAT may also account for Mr. GladstOnes resolve
" make speeches before Parliament
meets. The few words he says at railway stations
ha dy count The crowds which greeted him. cX-
eTt at Chester, were not large enough TO call for
long harargucs But few score Of PEOPLE met
him m his arrival in London. More witnessed his
departure from Charing Cross but groans were
mingled with cheers. Dover n Tory town, wei
coined him to-day with liberal address, a snow
storm and boots from the Dover mob.
Liverpool is alarmed by report that the Lon
don and Norfhwcs ,rn Railway Company is scri-
ousy cons ring scheme for developing Holy
head traffic. This idea is not new, but the Man
chester ship canal threatens to destroy the rail
way freight business between Liverpool and
Manchester, the railway people think they can
turn the flank Of the enemy by going to Holy
head. SO they can if they can get American lin
erS to 20 there too Liverpool this company is
now discovering has great faults a port of de-
parture and arrival. The tide usually compels
ste, rs to sail early that passengers from Lon
don must cave the night before and spend night
in Liverpool This adds day to the Journey
between London and New-YOrk. The delay at
the har arriving is more frequent and longer
than passengers generally know. Captains II
tn, tide does not serve, make a slow run from
Quocns own to avoid lying off the mouth OF thc
Mcrscv Mails would reach London oft'H DAY
tar'i r if delivered at Holy head. and passengers
also What is needed is a deepening OF the mar
bor and an extension Of the brcaIwater, which
wcu'd cost less than 81 ,0000 600. This is certain
TO be done : mctmc. At present every effort is
made by building fast ships TO shorten the Attain
tic passagr All that is gained is often lost both
bv mills and PASSENGERS from adherence TO Liver
n ol and Queenstown. Such are somc OF the ar
rune t. which the more active oi the r'l r"a"
drcctors are using. The LOnd n and North
v,stern is however. one of the most conserVa-
tive companies in England.
The horrors Of the holidays are still upon us
London shops closed Saturday afternoon. re"
opcn drink shops excepted. before "euh's""S
end dulness pervades streets llned WIN c'"So"
shutters The weather. however. was hne enough
Yesterday to bring larger crowds thin uSu"' i''"
,bo Fast 70 the West End Rouchs prowlcd about
Trafaloar SQUARE where the police were an l"rc"'
They do not enlven the streets when thcN ''ro'iN
The theatres and music halls are the chci ecu
,r,s of attraction-not on Christmas when th'S
are not allowed TO open, but yesterday on hoN'"E
Day. Some of the more alert managers produced
,bcir Christmas novelties Saturday At thc
1a;ctv m. bud squc Frank nst IN saw the hgh'
Saturday evening. 1t proved not p"rI'Si",
but pantomime. riotous pit o'S"ppio'ou
this change and howled in rage through ere"'
mart of the evening scarcely tolcra' h@ even su,"
Eavorites as that youthful veteran MISS ',''
Tarrcn or Mr. Fred Leslie or MT Lohhcn, WINS
Irish soncs are doing more than some LiDcraI
.nocch,s To convert London to Home Rule. inc
niece in the end lust escaped shipwrcck the wiioI'
Of the last act passing in dumb show PIT ana gar
lery coDtcnding with stalls and boxes
m than ecpsation of Saturday was the new
,oilo, ~Tpcbantmcnt.n at the Alhambra lhlN
a,,.nnt TO ItaIianize English ballet WAS Only
half a success because Englsh WOMB"
can't he got TO move or teS'"i'
with that sharp precision which makes i.ii~"S .an
GO elective. The final scene oi fhcn'i''"''"O
IS nevertheless. the most striking Ill 'o.oi
seen IN England. Last nights pah.o'"''m'
o., antommes, clabor te show pieces MT
Anous,us Harris, at Drury Lane. spends
ea,h year rather more than the year
before ON mounting his piecc-on scenery,
costumes and the rest IL he could buy goou
taste or an eve for color his success might oc great
The music hall is more and more invading 'he
,beaue Eighteen columns are not 700 many
for some Of tie leading papers 10 MI "i'n 'n,'
,enorts-critcisms they are not-of these mlscei'"
reous entertainments Even provinciai pc''o,"-
amos are cbronicled in London. Drcarier reading
90 mortal ever attempted
The legitimate drama holds a small pace III an
This and offers no novelties unless the rcpro""'uo
Of Held by the Enemy" at the Olympic NC cai'e"
a novelty. Mr. Yorke Stephens VINO MANAGE
1ocs his best. hut his production il not equa' !"
the performance at the Princess's Ihe''re' WI
st.pbens has secured in Miss Bealby an actress
entitled TO mention as possessing more a"o'"''''''
Of manner than was ever seen on London stage
Tho re,;oious observance OF Christmas makes |
little show in comparison with ballets- pantonpeS
and circuses. Canon LddOn, who reached ~ 81
,sul,s. and the Dean of Westminster, in his Aooey'
get half a column apiece. The contrast is S'f'Kne.
DR.. iiddon is the most eloquent of c'crgymen' pu'
these are not days when his voice is most audible
What was most audible was the chorus OF TWO
Lovely Black Eyes," which all Piccahlily was
roaring out as | walked home at TINS hori'i"S'
there were thousan nds in the streets many u'"''>
and all good -natured. "' w. r